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13-letter words containing w, a, r, e, h, o

  • northwestward — the northwest.
  • organ whistle — a steam or air whistle in which the jet is forced up against the thin edge of a pipe closed at the top.
  • outreach work — work (done by welfare workers, volunteers, etc) designed to help and encourage disadvantaged members of the community
  • pass the word — If you pass the word, you tell someone something that another person has told you.
  • poulard wheat — a Mediterranean wheat, Triticum turgidum, grown as a forage crop in the U.S.
  • powder charge — propellant (def 2).
  • power-sharing — Power-sharing is a political arrangement in which different or opposing groups all take part in government together.
  • reach-me-down — a garment that is cheaply ready-made or second-hand
  • research work — work concerning research into or investigation into a subject, topic, etc, particularly in the sciences
  • sachet-powder — a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
  • short-waisted — of less than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a high waistline.
  • snowshoe hare — a large-footed North American hare, Lepus americanus, that is white in winter and dark brown in summer.
  • southeastward — Also, southeastwards. toward the southeast.
  • southwestward — Also, southwestwards. toward the southwest.
  • spear-thrower — a flexible device for launching a spear, usually a short cord wound around the spear so that when thrown the weapon will rotate in the air.
  • the last word — final retort
  • the mayflower — the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620
  • thenceforward — from that time or place onward.
  • thermal power — power produced by converting heat into electricity
  • throw a curve — a continuously bending line, without angles.
  • to the marrow — deeply
  • tower hamlets — a borough of Greater London, England.
  • vowel harmony — a phonological rule in some languages, as Hungarian and Turkish, requiring that the vowels of a word all share a specified feature, such as front or back articulation, thereby conditioning the form that affixes may take, as in forming the Turkish plurals evler “houses” from ev “house” and adamlar “men” from adam “man.”.
  • walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.
  • water hemlock — any of several poisonous plants belonging to the genus Cicuta, of the parsley family, as C. virosa of Europe, and C. maculata of North America, growing in swamps and marshy places.
  • watering hole — a bar, nightclub, or other social gathering place where alcoholic drinks are sold.
  • wear two hats — a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
  • weather house — a model house with two human figures, one that comes out to foretell bad weather and the other to foretell good weather
  • weather joint — a mortar joint having a downward and outward slope.
  • weather-bound — delayed or shut in by bad weather.
  • weatherboards — Plural form of weatherboard.
  • weathercocked — Simple past tense and past participle of weathercock.
  • weatherometer — an instrument for simulating weather conditions in order to determine weather-resistance
  • weatherperson — a meteorologist or weathercaster.
  • weatherproofs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of weatherproof.
  • welfare hotel — a hotel in which people receiving welfare assistance are temporarily housed until permanent quarters become available.
  • well-anchored — any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
  • west hartford — a town in central Connecticut.
  • wheelbarrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of wheelbarrow.
  • whiskerandoed — having extravagant whiskers
  • white croaker — kingfish (def 2).
  • whoremasterly — of or relating to the character of a whoremaster
  • within reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
  • without tears — presented so as to be easily assimilated
  • wolverhampton — a city in West Midlands, in W England.
  • woman teacher — a female schoolteacher
  • wool merchant — a dealer in wool
  • woolgathering — indulgence in idle fancies and in daydreaming; absentmindedness: His woolgathering was a handicap in school.
  • wrongheadedly — In a wrongheaded manner.
  • yellowhammers — Plural form of yellowhammer.
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